Take-home slipsProverbs 30:8-9

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Remove far from ___ vanity and lies: ____ me neither poverty ___ riches; feed me ____ food convenient for ___: Lest I be ____, and deny thee, ___ say, Who is ___ LORD? or lest ___ be poor, and _____, and take the ____ of my God ___ vain.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Remove ___ ____ me ______ ___ lies: ____ ___ neither ______ ___ riches; ____ ___ with ____ ______ for ___: ____ I ___ ____, and ____ ____, and ___, ___ is ___ ____? or ____ ___ be ____, ___ steal, ___ ____ the ____ ___ my ___ ___ vain.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R f f m v a l: g m n p n r; f m w f c f m: L I b f, a d t, a s, W i t L? o l I b p, a s, a t t n o m G i v.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 30:8-9

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Proverbs 30:8-9 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Remove far from ___ vanity and lies: ____ me neither poverty ___ riches; feed me ____ food convenient for ___: Lest I be ____, and deny thee, ___ say, Who is ___ LORD? or lest ___ be poor, and _____, and take the ____ of my God ___ vain.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Remove ___ ____ me ______ ___ lies: ____ ___ neither ______ ___ riches; ____ ___ with ____ ______ for ___: ____ I ___ ____, and ____ ____, and ___, ___ is ___ ____? or ____ ___ be ____, ___ steal, ___ ____ the ____ ___ my ___ ___ vain.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.R f f m v a l: g m n p n r; f m w f c f m: L I b f, a d t, a s, W i t L? o l I b p, a s, a t t n o m G i v.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Proverbs 30:8-9

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.